The names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of public sector employees paid $100,000 or more in a calendar year.
In Ontario's 2023 Sunshine List, there were 122 employees with similar job titles who received an average salary of $181,938.96
$181,938.96
Average Salary in 2023
$164,280.56
Median Salary in 2023
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54.92% Male |
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45.08% Female |
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Below is the quartile breakdown of the salary range. |
76 employees received a salary between $111,145 - $179,144 |
30 employees received a salary between $179,144 - $247,144 |
13 employees received a salary between $247,144 - $315,143 |
3 employees received a salary between $315,143 - $383,142 |
Majority of the employees were paid within the salary range encompassing the first quartile breakdown.
The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List shows that the average and median salaries for a Research Associate Professor are $181,938.96 and $164,280.56, respectively.
In 2023, Brenda Cossman, holding the position of Professor of Law And Associate Dean Research at the University of Toronto received the highest salary of $383,142.90 among similar positions in Ontario public organizations. Sigrid Peldszus, serving as the Research Associate Professor at University of Waterloo , earned the highest salary of $182,422.20 among individuals in the same position across public organizations in Ontario during that year.
In the year 2023, the highest-paying organizations for Research Associate Professor and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: University of Western Ontario with an average pay of $281,000.79; University of Toronto with an average pay of $246,581.50; Queen’s University with an average pay of $206,441.11; McMaster University with an average pay of $185,850.60; and Northern Ontario School of Medicine with an average pay of $169,665.42.
A total of 11 organizations had employees who held comparable positions as mentioned in the Ontario Sunshine list.
In the year 2023, the highest-paying sector or industries for Research Associate Professor and similar positions in the Ontario were as follows: Universities with an average pay of $181,938.96.
There were 1 sector where employees held similar positions, as indicated in the Ontario Sunshine list.
The 2023 Ontario Sunshine List indicates that the representation of gender diversity in Research Associate Professor is 54.92% male and 45.08% female, respectively.
The 2023 Sunshine List has 122 employees who held comparable positions in Ontario.
10 out of 122 employees
Full Name | Job Title | Employer | Total Paid |
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Brenda Cossman | Professor of Law And Associate Dean Research | University of Toronto | $383,143 |
Theodore Noseworthy | Associate Dean / Professor / Canada Research Chair / Endowed Chair | York University | $381,332 |
Lorraine Ferris | Associate Vice-President, Research Oversight And Compliance; Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health | University of Toronto | $351,295 |
Bryan Dt Neff | Associate Vice-President (Research) / Professor | University of Western Ontario | $312,146 |
Laurence Ashworth | Associate Dean (Research), Professor | Queen’s University | $287,368 |
Andrew Knights | Associate Vice President Research / Director / Professor | McMaster University | $288,179 |
Michele Peterson-badali | Professor of Education And Associate Dean, Research, International And Innovation | University of Toronto | $282,580 |
Kent Novakowski | Associate Vice-Principal (Research), Special Advisor (Queen’s Centre for Advanced Computing), Professor | Queen’s University | $268,683 |
Kevin Shoemaker | Associate Vice-President (Research) / Professor | University of Western Ontario | $265,791 |
Jacquelyn Burkell | Associate Vice-President (Research) / Professor | University of Western Ontario | $265,066 |
Year | Total Employee Count | Average Paid |
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2023 | 122 | $181,939 |
2022 | 63 | $176,249 |
2021 | 63 | $180,263 |
2020 | 69 | $178,796 |